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There are two things in this world that I absolutely love: professional wrestling and zombie movies. So when you put those two things together—if you do it right—you’re going to have something that’s tailor-made for me. And that’s exactly what The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre  is: a perfect blend of body slams and brain splatters, a low-budget, high-energy mix of two of my favorite things. It’s a pro wrestling movie, it’s a zombie movie, it’s got action, horror, c

Film Critic pants are on! Below are some capsule (short) movie reviews of three New Releases for the week of Friday, August 9th, 2024. 1) CUCKOO Hunter Schafer stars in the loud and lame horror film "Cuckoo." Well, you can add this sloppy, poorly written, and too-hip-for-the-room exercise to the shockingly large list of overrated horror films of of 2024. A list that includes such dreck as "Abigail," "Late Night with the Devil," "Immaculate," "In a Violent Nature," "I Saw the

Flashback Weekend Horror Convention all begins tomorrow, and I have been hyping it up this week with great memories and fun behind-the-scenes stories. Now, it's time to make your own memories and stories this weekend at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare from Friday, August 2nd thru Sunday August 4th. Below is a full schedule of events and activities for this year's convention with highlights of the stuff I'm most excited about and/or participating in. There is certainly A LOT here,

[Don Coscarelli's book Phiction is available on Amazon ] In the spring of 1979 a low-budget horror film called "Phantasm" was released, and to put it mildly, I lost my (almost) 14 year-old mind. I had never seen anything like it (and I had seen HUNDREDS of horror movies by that point in my life), I loved it, and became obsessed with it. It was so crazy, it got to the point where I went to the theater to see it over 100 times that summer...I am not kidding, over 100 times in

Carl Reiner on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The Glory Days of Late Night. I took this picture of my TV, on my couch, of course. I have been watching television talk shows for as far back as I can remember, particularly the late night shows. When I was a kid, I watched "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" pretty much every night (my parents were NOT strict with me, at all...my dad took me to the theater to see "The Exorcist" when I was 8...so, yeah) and continued to w

As we get into a new work week, how about going back to last week, and listening to (and subscribing to) my podcasts! First, The Nick D Podcast episodes 260 & 261 on the Radio Misfits Podcast Network. Since we are halfway through the year, I reveal my lists of the Best and Worst Movies of 2024 so far. I also welcome Daniel Fienberg from The Hollywood Reporter to the podcast, who shares his list of the best TV of the year. Dan and I also discuss the new season of "The Bear